Time away from the daily pressures of responsibility to explore the research and innovation

Perspective and support from others who may have implemented the program and whocould answer practical questions, and

Cultural acclimation-a way to look beyond stereotypes they may have associated with this innovation.

Some of Dr. Brown’s respondents were very receptive to the research, but still had questions about how it worked. For example, diplomats explained to Dr. Brown that although they found the research to be compelling, they were too busy plugging up the latest hole in the Middle East peace process to have the time to consider how this innovation could be used or how it would work.

Dr. Brown also found that many policy makers had stereotypical or prejudicial views about an innovation originating in ancient India. Because of the potential for deliberate misrepresentation of the IDT research by biased reviewers, it is hoped that readers of this paper unfamiliar with IDT research will take the time to carefully study a paper by Dr. Carla Linton Brown published in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 2005, 489–544 that is based on her Harvard University doctoral dissertation.